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Old 14th January 2011, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by C+R+E+AYUMI View Post
i'm oftenly confused comparing my translations to masa's and to other people's translations..i think it's due to the fewer rules in jaapnese grammar that don't help and moreover the interpretation has its weight on this
In Japanese, sentences doesn't need a subject and object to make sense, unlike in English. Often, we have to guess what or who she is talking about.

Also in lyrics esp, the sentence structure gets mixed up to fit the melody. For example, a normal sentence will go "A is B about C", but in the lyrics it may appear as "B about C, A is". That kinda thing.

So alot depends on the translator's interpretation.
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